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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1888
Page
7
The clipped text lists common term ice and mentions old Jots nominal at OCS. It notes prices for all grain except rye, showing varied lots. It refers to domestic flour quotations covering wholesale and jobbing prices in a miscellaneous pricing column.
The butter market remains about the same with steady prices and small supply. Receipts show a mix of creameries with Western and New York quotes, while eggs, beans, grasses, hay, and potatoes move with little change and steady demand in various regions.
In Chicago butter is inactive and easier. Western creamery extra 28c. Cheese steady. Pegs firm. Western extra 22c receipts light. In New York butter quiet. Cheese slow. Eggs steady at 21 22c. Beans firm. Dried apples quiet. The Liverpool cheese market steady at 59s. A quotation for the same day last year was not provided.
H Harris & Co sold cargo of steamer Bessarabia with Messina lemons at 1 40, Palermo lemons at 1 25, Messina oranges at 1 37 42, and various small box sums. Norfolk boat has 217 boxes of oranges. Florida oranges and other fruits show mixed demand with Palermo and Messina items quoted. regional nut and fruit prices listed. News remains steady with wide ranges for nuts, cranberries, and other produce.
PORK market steady with fair demand. Long cuts 17.50 18.00, short cuts 17.75 18.25, backs 18.25 18.60, light backs 17.25, lean ends 17 50 18.00, pork tongues 16, prime mess 16.75, extra prime 13.75 14.25. Beef unchanged with extra plate 8.50 9.00 per bbl, plate 8.50 9.00, light plate 7.50 8.00, mess 7.50 8.00, beef hams 21.5, tongues 20 21 per barrel, fresh beef quiet. Lambs and veals unchanged with fancy wines 10c per lb, common 7 9c, mutton 7 9c, Eastern mutton 5 6c, prices vary by cut.
PIPELINE CERTIFICATES closed 3 m Feb 7 10c opened 10a m Feb 8 90¢ high est 20% ac lowest 85¢ closing 3 p m Feb 8 1685 90 s0 SUGAR The market for raw sugar is unchanged values steady raw sugar fair to food refining 5 by ee centrifugals 96 test 534 ¢ Manilas 444 bc Paes Ala G svac Juvas Nos 10 to 11 5% Refined sugar easier with granulated quoted at yee Refined sugar Pulverized 7 4¢ powdered Fyge P lb granulated 744¢ confectioners A 7c standard A 7c Belmont A 654e extra yellow 55sec yellow 54gc Wholesale grocers rice today 7446 granulated MOLASSES Choice new Ponce Porto Rico Bloc Peal Cienfuegos 22c Barbadoes 26c COTTONSEED OIL CERTIFICATES market opened at 2c and closed at 3154 ¢ high est 8244 lowest 3134 ¢ TALLOW market steady fair movement city rendered 454 5Yec country 4 4%2c rough 2w24ec
Reports from trade centres show flour receipts in New York Tech with figures at 29.
Wheat and corn prices mixed with steady to weak tones in Chicago and regional reports. Notable items include 90-100 cent No 2 springs, 88-92 cent No 1 reds, and firm barley while oats and rye show softer bids. pork and lard move modestly with general dullness in supplies.
Allan Asher & Co report a strong cotton certificates market with gains of eleven to twelve points on buoyant home influences. Port receipts and exports rise while New York futures open steady and spot cotton closes firm across major ports with modest gains in several districts.
In St Louis on February 8 hog sales ranged from 490 to 565 for various grades, with packers at 516 to 655 and butchers noting 550 to 565. Peoria reported hogs steady at 490 to 570 with 600 receipts and 460 shipments. Chicago cattle numbers were 9000 receipts 8000 shipments, prices weak with steers at 55 to 65, cows and bulls 1.76 to 4.25, grass cattle 2.35 to 4.00. hogs 16,000 receipts, 5,000 shipments, steadier but closing weak with various weights. Cincinnati noted pork quiet at 14.75.
Lard rises to 760 while bulk meats and bacon hold steady. Whiskey remains firm at 109. Hogs steady with common and light at 4685, packing and butchers at 340, receipts 2800, shipments 730.
Foreign markets update shows wheat and corn trading slowly with dull demand in London and Liverpool, steady winter wheat and mixed American corn prices for February and March, and slight firmness in English and French markets. Paris and Antwerp quote spot wheat with mild variation, while pork and cheese hold steady in Liverpool trading.
London wool sales attracted a fair crowd with bidding calmer except for top lots. Victoria fine sold with values listed for greasy and scoured categories. other regions showed varied prices for scoured, greasy, locks and pieces across New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, New Zealand, South Australia, Tasmania, Swan River and Good Hope and Natal lots.
Detailed ledger of shipments in 19th century style lists cargoes from multiple vessels including Steamer Bavarian Brig Matilda Buck Bark Chestina Redman Schooner St Louis and Brig Esperanza. Entries cover beef leather cotton wheat flour zinc oxide lumber molasses pork and various dry goods with quantities ranging from single crates to thousands of pounds and feet.
Readable fragments list cargoes for multiple lines Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine divisions and Lowell System. Items include cotton wool flour oats corn bales bbls butter cheese eggs lard beef hides leather tea coffee sugar and lumber with numerous railcars and quantities noted.
Historical ledger style summary listing monthly totals for 1888 with 1887 comparisons across commodities. Includes cotton wool flour cornmeal oats butter cheese wheat eggs malt millfeed and more with quantities in bales boxes sacks barrels and tons.
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